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Kindle 3 Handout with Hands-On ExercisesPreliminary Setup Requirements for Kindle Owners: An Amazon.com account. Access to a Wi-Fi connection in order to shop for content. (Unless you have a version that supports a 3G cellular connection.)Turn the Kindle On:Slide the power button to the right to turn on the Kindle. The power button is locatedon the bottom edge of the device to the right.Turning on the Kindle will take you to the screen you were on the last time you turnedoff the device.Home Button:The Home Button is located at in the lower-right of the keyboard. Use it any time youwant to return to the Home Screen.

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Home Screen:The home screen shows youthe titles that you currentlyhave on your Kindle. Use thecursor buttons to move withinthis list. Up and down willmove you through the list.Pressing left will give you theoption to delete the title youhave currently selected whilepressing right will give youadditional details about theselected title.The dotted line beneath each title represents the approximate length of the book alongwith how far along you have read.From here you can also move up the line above the titles. Once there, press right to seeadditional title sorting options.Use the page left and page right buttons to move to the next and previous pages onthe home screen. The current page number and total number of pages will be displayedat the bottom of the screen.Hands On: Page through the title collection. Choose to delete a book but please do notconfirm the deletion. Resort the title list by author and then return the list to the MostRecent First sort. Lastly, view the details about a few of the titles on the Kindle.The Menu Button:The menu button is located above the directional controller on the keyboard and iscontextual. In other words, depending on the screen you’re currently on, the menubutton will give you different options.You navigate through the menu using the directional controller. To exit a menu pressthe Menu button again.Hands On: On the home screen click the Menu button and search for Nebraska. Returnhome when you’re done.

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Open a Book:To open a book, select the title from the menu and press the select button. (The buttonat the center of the directional controller with the dot)Hands On: Choose one of the titles on the Kindle and open it then return home.Turn Pages in a BookTo turn pages in a book use the Previous Page and Next Page buttons located on bothsides of the screen. Please be aware that unlike Web browsing the buttons on the leftdo not automatically mean “go back”. This design is to support both left-handed andright-handed readers. Additionally, notice that the Next Page button is the larger of thetwo since it tends to be used more often.Hands On: Experiment with paging forward and backward through Zendegi by GregEgan.

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Text ToolsOnce you’ve opened a book the Text key (the one to the right of the space bar labeledAA) will give you controls for adjusting the text size, typeface, line spacing, words perline, text-to-speech (if available for the title), and screen rotation. Use the directionalcontroller to navigate and change these options.Hands On: Open the Text menu. Play around with the following settings to changethe appearance of the text: font size typeface line spacing words per line screen rotation

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Navigating within a book One of the menu items in a book is “Goto…” Selecting this option will give you theability to navigate within the open title.Here you can choose default options suchas the table of contents, beginning andend among others. You can also enter apage number to go directly to that page.Hands On: In the book any book, test out the automatic navigation locations. Also tryjumping directly to page 127.Search This BookWhile in a book, press the Menu button and navigate to “Search This Book”. You arenow given a search box at the bottom of the screen. Here you can type in thekeyword(s) you are looking for. Once you have entered your search you can eithernavigate right to “find” and press the select button, or more easily, press theenter key on the keyboard. (Shown right.)Hands On: In the book Zendegi search for the word test. Choose one of the resultsand select it to jump to that location in the book. Use the back button on the keyboardto return to your search results, and again to return to where you left off in the book.Have others in your group search for other words.BookmarksBy default, the Kindle remembers where you last left off in a book. However, you maywant to bookmark a spot in the book for an easy return later. Bookmarks can be foundunder the Menu button. Selecting “Add a bookmark” will automatically do just that forthe page you’re currently on. Once you have added a bookmark for a particular page,that menu item will change to “Delete bookmark” while you’re on that page.To find your bookmarks open the Menu and select My Notes & Marks.Hands On: Find some random locations in a book and add some bookmarks. Next,view your bookmarks and jump around to them. Lastly, remove a bookmark or two.When you’re all done, return to the beginning of the book.Notes & HighlightsPress the Menu button again and select Add a Note or Highlight. Once you do that acursor will appear on the screen at the bottom-left. Using the directional controllermove your cursor to the place where you would like the highlighting to start or yournote to appear.

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To highlight (underline) a passage, press the select button. Then move the cursor tothe end of the passage and press the select button again. The passage should now beunderlined.To add a note, once your cursor is in position, start typing your note using thekeyboard. When done select the “save note” option. (Save & Share saves your note butalso shares it out to social networks you’ve connected your device to. We have notenabled this option on the Commissions’ Kindle.)As with bookmarks, you can find your notes and highlights under the View notes &highlights menu option.Hands On: Find a passage in the book and highlight it. Next find a different locationand add a note.Now go view the notes and highlights for this book then navigate to one of them.Finally, go back to your notes and highlights and edit one of them and delete another.View Popular HighlightsOne of the things that Amazon does with highlighted content is sync it to your accountin Amazon.com and share that information with others. It doesn’t say who highlightedwhat but selecting View Popular Highlights from the Menu will show you commonlyhighlighted passages from the current title.Hands On: Open Autobiography of Mark Twain and view the most popular highlights.Select one of them to view the highlighted text in context.Next, let’s sync our highlights and bookmarks with Amazon.com. Go back home, pressMenu, and select “Sync & Check for items”.Log in to our Amazon Kindle account @ kindle.amazon.com and view our highlights.SettingsLet’s head back home and see what other things we can change about our Kindleexperience as a whole. At home, press Menu, and then select Settings. Here there arethree pages of settings. (Please do not actually change any of them.) Registration — this is the Amazon account name to which your Kindle is registered. All Kindle Store and other charges will be applied to the credit card associated with your 1-Click account.

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Device Name — lets you personalize your Kindle by giving it a name. This name shows at the top of the Home screen. Wi-Fi Settings — displays the number of available (detected) Wi-Fi networks, and shows the name of the Wi-Fi network you are currently connected to. If you are not connected to a Wi-Fi network, the “Network” field displays “not connected.” Select “view” to view detected Wi-Fi networks or set up a new Wi-Fi network. Device Info — displays the Wi-Fi MAC Address, serial number, and network capability (Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi and 3G) of your device. Voice Guide — lets you navigate your Kindle with spoken menus, selectable items, and descriptions. Device E-mail — this is the e-mail address of your Kindle. You and your friends can send documents to this address and they will be converted by Amazon and sent to your Kindle. To edit this e-mail address, go to: http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle (U.S. and other countries) http://www.amazon.co.uk/manageyourkindle (UK customers) Device Password — secure your Kindle and restrict access to your content by setting a password. If you set a password, you will be prompted to enter it when you turn your Kindle on or wake it from sleep. If your Kindle is sleeping when you attach it to a computer using the USB cable, you will also be prompted to enter your password in order to attach your Kindle to your computer. Device Time — lets you set the current local time on your Kindle. On Kindle models that include 3G, you can have Kindle automatically set the device time. Social Networks — allows you to link your Kindle to your social network accounts so that you can share your notes and highlights with others in your social network. Popular Highlights — allows you to turn on or off the display of popular passages highlighted by others in the books you are reading. Public Notes — allows you to turn on or off the display of the notes and highlights of people you follow in the books you are reading. Annotations Backup — allows you to turn on or off the automatic backup of your annotations, last page read, and collections at Amazon. Disable this feature if you do not want your annotations backed up or shared in Popular Highlights. Personal Info — enter your contact information here such as an address or phone number, in case you lose your Kindle. Press the Symbol key to enter numbers or symbols not present on the Kindle keyboard.Hands On: Browse through these settings to familiarize yourself with them. Pleasehowever do not change any of the settings.

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ExperimentalThe last item under the home Menu is Experimental. Selecting that will give you threeoptions: Web Browser, Play MP3, and Text-to-SpeechThe Web browser is functional but since the Kindle is an eInk device it’s not the mostuser friendly browser you’ve ever used. The other issue is that since there is no mouse,you need to rely on the directional controller to move around on the screen.Hands On: Open the Web browser and go to Google. Perform a search for somethingof interest and open one of the results.The Play MP3 option takes you to the directory on your Kindle that contains anyuploaded MP3 files. Unfortunately, there is no music installed on our Kindle.The Text-to-Speech section here is purely a description. Depending on the titlesinstalled this feature may or may not work.Hands On: Open the book Hybrid and press shift-Sym on the keyboard to start thetext-to-speech option. Press shift-Sym again to turn it off.Overdrive booksHands On:For your final hands-on exercise you will download an eBook from the NebraskaOverDrive Libraries site and transfer it to the Kindle using Adobe Digital Editions. On your assigned computer, go to http://nebraska.lib.overdrive.com. Sign in using your temporary patron information (library and library card number) Browse the collection for a Kindle eBook (not audiobook) to check out. (Be sure to use the option for showing only available titles and don’t worry about finding a title you actually want to read.) Check out the book. Click the Get for Kindle button. This will send you over to Amazon.com At this point there is no need to download the file. Switch over to the Kindle and at home press Menu then select Sync & Check for items. Then book should start downloading to the Kindle.